Straight Shot Safety and Compliance Consulting

12/01/2025

When companies downsize, safety and compliance functions are often the first to get cut.

But here’s the truth we don’t talk about enough:
Reducing safety doesn’t reduce cost. It increases it. Significantly.

Here’s what usually happens

1️⃣ Fines & Regulatory Actions

OSHA, EPA, FDA, DOT: pick your agency.
One missed inspection or outdated SOP can lead to six-figure fines or even operational shutdowns.

2️⃣ More Downtime

When you remove the people who keep systems tight:
Preventive tasks slip
Training lapses
Documentation falls behind
Small issues become costly failures

Unplanned downtime is one of the most expensive hits a business can take.

3️⃣ Injury Costs Skyrocket

A single recordable injury averages:
$42,000 in direct cost
$150,000+ in indirect cost
Serious incidents can exceed $1M–$10M once litigation and insurance are included.

4️⃣ Insurance & Customer Impact
Cutting safety increases risk → risk increases premiums.

And customers notice. Many will not award contracts to companies with weak compliance programs.

The Bottom Line
For every $1 saved by reducing safety/compliance staff, companies often take on $10–$100 in real exposure.

There’s a better model:

✔ Fractional safety leadership
✔ Outsourced compliance oversight
✔ Scaled support during high-risk periods

Companies that protect their safety capabilities during downturns come out stronger, more stable, and more competitive.

Straight Shot Safety is available to assist with your company’s safety and compliance needs.
Contact us today: info@straightshotsafety.com, or call 978-245-7511

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11/28/2025

Why Every Company Needs an EAP (Even If They Think They Don't)

Most small manufacturing and R&D teams don’t think about emergencies until one happens.
And when it does, confusion becomes the real hazard, not the event itself.

That’s why Straight Shot Safety builds Emergency Action Plans that are:
👉 Practical
👉 Site-specific
👉 Built around your people, your operations, and your risks

If your team can’t answer these questions in under 10 seconds… you don’t have a real EAP:

👉 Who calls 911?
👉 Where do people go?
👉 How do we account for employees?
👉 Who shuts down critical equipment?
👉 What happens if leadership is off-site?

A binder on a shelf won’t save you. A rehearsed, simple, actionable plan will.
A plan is only good if people can actually use it.

Straight Shot Safety has the experience to create or update your Emergency Action Plan. Contact us today info@straightshotsafety.com or call 978-245-7511

11/25/2025

Your Engineers Aren’t Safety Managers.
Let your technical talent do what they do best.

R&D and manufacturing teams often hand safety to:
The operations lead
The lead engineer
The senior technician
Not because they’re trained… but because they’re the most responsible person in the room.

Here’s the truth:
Your engineers should be designing, improving, optimizing; not writing SOPs or chasing PPE issues.

Fractional safety support gives them their time back.

With Straight Shot Safety, your team gets:
Industry-standard procedures
Real training (not just slide decks)
Hazard assessments
Laser safety (if relevant)
Lab & equipment compliance

Let your innovators innovate.

We’ll handle the rest.
Straight Shot Safety helps protect people and allow innovation.

Contact us today info@straightshotsafety.com or call 978-245-7511

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11/20/2025

Safety Isn’t Expensive, Injuries and Rework Is.
Pay for prevention or pay for downtime. Your choice.

In small manufacturing, every hour of downtime hits harder.

A single injury or near miss can cripple:
• Production schedules
• Customer commitments
• Overtime budgets
• Morale
• Engineering focus

The cost of “we’ll get to safety later” always shows up somewhere, usually with interest.
A fractional safety program gives you the systems, training, and controls of a full-time safety manager at a scale that matches your business.

You get:
• Predictable monthly cost
• Proactive risk reduction
• Cleaner audits
• Fewer surprises
• Better productivity

Straight Shot Safety helps small teams protect people and protect the schedule.
Contact us today info@straightshotsafety.com or call 978-245-7511

11/18/2025

Your leadership shouldn’t get stuck doing safety’s busywork.

Most small manufacturers and R&D teams don’t have a safety problem; they have a capacity problem.

Your leadership team was hired to:

Build the company
Drive innovation
Deliver products
Grow the business

But somewhere along the way, safety became a stack of side-tasks on a manager’s desk:

✔ Writing procedures
✔ Training new hires
✔ Chasing compliance gaps
✔ Handling incidents
✔ Updating documentation

This is how safety becomes reactive, because the people who own it already have a full-time job.

Fractional safety fixes that.

With a part-time, embedded safety partner like Straight Shot Safety, you get senior-level safety leadership without the full-time payroll.

Your leaders lead.
Your safety gets handled.
Your company grows.

Straight Shot Safety is positioned to be the fractional safety team your organization needs.
Contact us today info@straightshotsafety.com or call 978-245-7511

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11/14/2025

Maintenance isn’t just about reliability; it’s risk control.

Invest in preventive maintenance, and you’re investing in injury prevention.

When maintenance teams are rushed, under-resourced, or forced to “run to failure,” risk increases exponentially

When was the last time your PM schedule got a safety review instead of just a production one?

Need a review of PM plans with an eye for safety?

Contact Straight Shot Safety today: info@straightshotsafety.com

Call 978-245-7511

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11/12/2025

Leadership Is the Strongest Safety Tool You Have

A 10-minute walk through the floor from a leader can do more for safety than a 10-page policy.

At Straight Shot Safety, we coach leadership teams that visibility builds trust; and trust builds communication.

During a recent site visit, a plant manager joined our safety walk and casually asked an equipment operator about PPE fit.

That five-minute conversation uncovered a supply issue that had gone unreported for weeks.

It wasn’t a big meeting or a formal audit, it was leadership presence.

Employees notice when leaders show up, listen, and act.

They also notice when leaders only appear after something goes wrong.

Consistent visibility builds trust; and trust builds communication.

That’s when hazards get reported, ideas get shared, and culture starts to shift.

Safety leadership isn’t a department: it’s daily behavior.

How often do your leaders walk the floor just to talk safety?

Need guidance on how to conduct walkthroughs? Contact Straight Shot Safety today: info@straightshotsafety.com

Call 978-245-7511

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11/06/2025

Training That Actually Sticks
If It’s Not Relevant, It’s Not Remembered

If safety training feels like a box to check, you’ve already lost half your audience.

At Straight Shot Safety, we design training that sticks because it’s real.
We use photos from the client’s own facility, discuss actual incidents, and involve employees in solving problems.
The best safety programs make learning relevant, visual, and participatory.

For example, during a lockout/tagout refresher, we had technicians identify real isolation points on their equipment, not just watch a slide deck.
The engagement (and the retention) was night and day.

When workers see themselves in the training, they remember it.
Compliance becomes the byproduct not the goal.

Training should answer one question for every worker:
“How does this help me get home safe?”

What’s one creative training idea that’s worked well in your workplace?

Need to update your training program? Contact Straight Shot Safety today: info@straightshotsafety.com
Call 978-245-7511

11/04/2025

Why “Fractional” Safety Isn’t a Shortcut: It’s a Smarter Strategy

Most companies don’t need another full-time hire.
They need the right safety leadership at the right time.

That’s the power of fractional safety.

Instead of waiting for an audit, an injury, or a compliance letter, fractional programs give you on-demand expertise that scales with your workload, budget, and risk profile.

Here’s what that looks like in practice:
✅ Expert guidance when you add new equipment or technologies
✅ Regular compliance checks and SOP updates
✅ Safety training and culture-building without payroll overhead
✅ A clear point of contact for all things OSHA, ANSI, and EHS

For the cost of one incident or fine, most companies could fund a year of proactive fractional support.

Safety leadership doesn’t always mean more headcount, it means smarter systems, consistent accountability, and faster decisions.

If your team could benefit from fractional safety leadership, let’s talk about what that would look like for you.

📧 info@straightshotsafety.com
📞 978-245-7511

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10/31/2025

What to Expect When You Hire a Fractional Safety Professional

Thinking about bringing in fractional safety support, but not sure what that looks like day-to-day?

Here’s what the process typically includes:
1️⃣ Discovery & Assessment
We start by understanding your operations, compliance history, and risk profile. Whether it’s a laser lab, R&D environment, or production floor, we identify where your safety systems stand and where they need to go.
2️⃣ Gap Analysis & Roadmap
Next comes a clear, actionable roadmap: updated SOPs, inspection templates, training schedules, or audit prep, all tailored to your business, not boilerplate.
3️⃣ Implementation & Training
From on-site support to virtual coaching, we roll out what matters most: hazard analysis, employee training, and documentation built to ANSI and OSHA standards.
4️⃣ Ongoing Support & Scalability
Fractional safety isn’t “one and done.” It’s a partnership.
We adapt with your growth, whether you’re adding new equipment, expanding facilities, or preparing for certification or inspection.

The result?
✅ Clear compliance confidence
✅ Fewer reactive safety issues
✅ A proactive safety culture that scales with your success

Safety leadership doesn’t always require another full-time hire: sometimes it just requires the right one.
Straight Shot Safety is your fractional safety partner, delivering expert guidance, compliance oversight, and hands-on support at a fraction of the cost of a full-time EHS manager.

📧 info@straightshotsafety.com
📞 978-245-7511

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10/29/2025

Free Safety Consultation Offer Through End of 2025

I’m offering a no-charge safety consultation to any company located within 50 miles of Derry, NH: available now through December 31, 2025.

Why? Because too many companies only find out about safety gaps after an injury or inspection. A proactive review can prevent all that.

Here’s what’s included (no strings attached):
✅ Facility walk-through and safety review
✅ Identification of compliance gaps and risk areas
✅ Practical, actionable recommendations you can implement right away
✅ Specialty insight into laser safety, eyewear selection, and LSO training

I’m especially looking to connect with:
🏭 Manufacturers and R&D operations
🧪 Labs working with Class 3B or Class 4 lasers
🏢 Small and mid-size companies that want an honest, practical safety check

Based in Derry, NH serving the New England region.

If you’d like a second set of eyes on your program (no pressure, no sales pitch), message me here info@straightshotsafety.com or visit straightshotsafety.com to book your slot before the end of the year.

Because the cost of prevention is always less than the cost of an incident.

Call now to connect with business.

10/27/2025

What to Expect When You Hire a Fractional Safety Professional

Thinking about bringing in fractional safety support, but not sure what that looks like day-to-day?

Here’s what the process typically includes:

1️⃣ Discovery & Assessment
We start by understanding your operations, compliance history, and risk profile. Whether it’s a laser lab, R&D environment, or production floor, we identify where your safety systems stand and where they need to go.
2️⃣ Gap Analysis & Roadmap
Next comes a clear, actionable roadmap: updated SOPs, inspection templates, training schedules, or audit prep, all tailored to your business, not boilerplate.
3️⃣ Implementation & Training
From on-site support to virtual coaching, we roll out what matters most: hazard analysis, employee training, and documentation built to ANSI and OSHA standards.
4️⃣ Ongoing Support & Scalability
Fractional safety isn’t “one and done.” It’s a partnership.
We adapt with your growth, whether you’re adding new equipment, expanding facilities, or preparing for certification or inspection.

The result?
✅ Clear compliance confidence
✅ Fewer reactive safety issues
✅ A proactive safety culture that scales with your success

Safety leadership doesn’t always require another full-time hire: sometimes it just requires the right one.

📧 info@straightshotsafety.com
📞 978-245-7511